Ranking congressmen believe that President Marcos ' proposed tax reform package presents an opportunity to remove long-standing barriers that prevent inherited properties from being put to productive use. House Committee on Ways and Means Chairman Marikina City 2nd district Rep Miro Quimbo...
Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has admitted to feeling "hurt" over the predicament being faced by former House Speaker Leyte 1st district Rep. Martin Romualdez and other solons linked to the flood control projects mess. Garin, speaking in a press conference Tuesday afternoon,...
Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin says the Senate might find as "insulting" the request of Vice President Sara Duterte 's camp for the upper chamber to shoulder the catering cost of her impeachment trial defense team. In particular, the House deputy speaker took issue with the reported...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin said that if anybody in the Senate impeachment court has to be bias-free or neutral, it 's the senator-judges. Garin gave this general reminder to the public following Vice President Sara Duterte 's impeachment trial Wednesday,...
ILOILO CITY – The Department of Energy (DOE) is set to build a 200-megawatt (MW) solar battery system in the Visayas as part of its response mechanism to the low supply on the grid. DOE Secretary Sharon Garin announced that the islands of Panay, Negros, Cebu, and Bohol will each receive a 50-MW...
ILOILO CITY — Mayor Richard Garin of Miag-ao, Iloilo has not seen the complaint filed before the Office of the Ombudsman-Visayas for alleged illegal quarrying. “I have not seen the complaint, so indi pa kita maka comment. Let’s just wait,” said Garin on Monday, July 13. Last week, Salvador...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin has nothing but good things to say about Dr. Jose Brittanio Pujalte Jr., the newly-appointed Department of Health (DOH) secretary. "I warmly congratulate Secretary Brix Pujalte on his appointment. I have worked with him before, and I have...
House Deputy Speaker Iloilo 1st district Rep. Janette Garin lamented on Friday, July 10 the memes on personal attacks against prosecutors that have tainted public discourse on the all-important impeachment trial against Vice President Sara Duterte. “Unang una, ikinagugulat ko bakit ba tayo...
The Department of Energy (DOE) hopes to issue a circular by late this year or early 2027 to provide the framework for establishing nuclear energy plants in the Philippines. In an interview, Energy Secretary Sharon Garin said the circular is currently being drafted by the agency 's Energy...
Philippine renewable energy firm SunAsia Energy Inc. and Vietnam-based VinEnergo have forged a strategic partnership to develop a $406-million, 422-MWp Solar on Water portfolio in Pampanga and Negros Occidental. During the partnership agreement signing, SunAsia Energy President and CEO Tetchi...
Renewed tensions in the Middle East and escalating shipping disruptions, which trigger severe oil price shocks, are straining consumers and global economic growth alike. Since we import the vast majority of our energy requirements, these tensions have unmasked the fragility of the country’s power...
The Department of Energy (DOE) is working with power grid operators and generation companies to restore electricity in Southern Mindanao after a major earthquake disrupted operations at power plants and severed transmission lines. Energy Secretary Sharon S. Garin said in a media briefing that the...
